Cricket 1913

J u ly 12, 1913. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 403 Club Cricket Notes and Jottings. The portrait which appears hereunder is that of one of the best-known men in London club cricket. B. W. Earl has been in succession Hon. Sec. and Captain and Hon. Sec. combined, and is now skipper, of the Clapham Ramblers, with which club he has been associated for a dozen years. Always a successful club (formed in 1876 by the late E. White), the Ramblers became a power in the land when in 1905 Mr. Earl “ formed ” a private ground at Merton Hall Road, Wimbledon— a ground which the club took over, still hold, and are likely to retain fdr many years to come. About his own doings Mr. Earl is reticent. He does Mr. B. W . EARL (Clapham Ramblers C,C.)* not mind owning up to 42 and a b i t ; he was born at Blockley, Worcestershire, in 1870. His career is by no means at an end ; but he does not seem to regard it as a career. It is obvious that he puts his side before himself, and cares little about personal glory. Of him a contributor to this paper wrote last year : “ Not a great cricketer, but just a good leader. The Ramblers are never beaten until the winning run is scored against them when Earl is conducting the game. His knowledge of the game | and brainy bowling changes make him invaluable to his side." J Mr. Earl has been prominent in connection with the Club Crick­ eters’ Charity Fund. Hon. Sec. of the Collection Box Committee from the outset, he is now also Chairman of the Southern Section. The Greville reports of June 28 were unfortunately mislaid I last week. The first team lost to Harlesden, old opponents, by 113 to 177 ; the A team beat Harlesden II.— 113 to 95— A. L. i Ward making a magnificent catch at third man, which dismissed ; J- Gee (44), and was the turning-pointof the game.He had to run hard towardsthe boundary andheld the ball high up j over his head. The B team beat Harrow II. by the narrow mar- j gin of 3 runs— 53 to 50. There remained two hours for play, and 1 the captains agreed th at each side should bat half the time. Harrow made 57 for 7 ; but Greville laid on the wood much more effectively— 106 for no wicket— J. H. Thornton 60*, John Downer 43 *- Thornton and Downer must have had quite a jolly after- I noon, for thev divided the wickets in Harrow’s first innings. Cranleigh School proved no match for Christ’s Hospital i on Wednesday in last week. They weredismissed for95 (G. S.. Hodges 20), and the bluecoats ran up 248 for 7 (D. A. Wright i i i *, H. S. Bridle 39). Old Whitgiftians (280— G. A. Ellis 54, W . D. Hackney 51, H. J. Warner 44, A. E. Sandell 41, Carter Pegg 24, F. Benton 20) heavily defeated W hitgift School (82— -H. E. Holt 30), on the ! 28th ult. On July 1 St. Lawrence (173— P. J. Baker 50, L. Creery 45) : beat King’s School, Canterbury (120— G. E. J. Gent 34, J. A. | Flower 25, S. W. B. Burton 21). On.the following day they ran up 313 for 6, dec. (Murrin 114, A. Brownscombe 109*) v. Royal Marine Depot at Walmer, and dismissed the Marines for 154, L. Creery, who bowled at one end throughout, taking 7 for 83. On Thursday the A team of the club (81) beat Simon Langton School (52 and 136 for 7— A. C. Mills 54). P. J. Baker (10 wickets) and Murrin (7) did all the bowling work for the winners, and Mills followed up his good innings by taking 9 wickets for the School. On Thursday Lauderdale (244 H. F. Britten 80, G. R. I Crofts 62) easily beat Southend (107)-. N ext week Lauderdale will be on tour in Cornwall. Knowle and Dorridge, one of the best purely amateur clubs in the -Birmingham district, have not yet quite struck their true form this season, and up to date have lost 4 and won 3 matches, with 2 drawn games. Their best performance to date has been against a strong Coventry and North Warwickshire side, whom they dismissed on a not quite perfect wicket for 43, replying with 145. Their weakness has been in batting, which is strange with wickets so generally good, and plenty of men on the side who have scored heavily in other seasons. Last Saturday they beat Barnet Green, who made 103 on a rain-affected pitch. K. and D. had 6 down for 76, but eventually totalled 114. W. H. Darby hit hard for 60. He has been the side’s most successful bat with the possible exception of the captain, C. J.. Hughes, who has been bowling well besides making useful scores— nearly 30 1 wickets to date, including 8 for 20 v. Coventry and North Warwickshire. It is hoped th at the team will have found their form before the South Devon tour begins on the 12th inst. at Sidmouth. Seven matches wall be played, and the following are expected to be of the party : C. L. Hughes, J. Balkwill, T. I. Clutterbuck, G. C. Hast, B. A. Hughes, W ilfrid Hughes, Sydney Hunter, N. D. Impey, N. C. Jacks, J. H. James, C. K. Lloyd, J. H. Penn, E. H. Sherrey, and A. J. Whyte. The first match of the Mill Hill Park Week was referred to in Sour last issue. On Tuesday M.H.P. met University College | Hospital, and scored 239 (W. H. Martin 73, C. E. Dalton 60) to 207 for 7 (A. C. Z. W ijeraytore 67*, Polhill 49). Wednesday's game was another draw : Ealing, 326 for 6, dec. (W. G. Cobb 220, H. K . Wedd 35) ; M .H.P., 146 for 7 (C. E. Dalton 38, J. W. Jarvis 35, W. P. Rowley 30). Still another draw on Thursday : Mr. E. Belleini's X I., 350 for 6, dec. (M. Thompson 93, A. Palmer 78, W. Tembrill 60, J. F. Halliday 44*) ; M .H .P., 196 for 6 (E. A. Smith 41*, A. Roberts 39). On Friday a result was reached ; M .H.P. declared at 310 for 7 (W. P. Rowley 142), and got out Patent Office for 101 (G. H. Makey 32, P. Clarkson 28). H. A. Budden took 6 for 46. On Saturday they went under narrowly to South Hampstead, who to M .H .P.’s 105 (J. W. Jarvis 27) replied with 128 (N. T. Astley and P. Brooman 28 each). South Hampstead II. also beat Mill Hill Park II. ; M.H.P. III. (163— H. C. Wheeler 46, J. E. Ferris 45) drew with S. Hamp­ stead III. (101 for 3— W. Tidy 33*, R. C. F. Resch 32). There was some big scoring at Hove on July 2 and 3, when Sussex Mkrtlets met Oxford University Authentics. It did not begin at once, for the Martlets were all out for 113 in their first innings (A. L. Corbett 29, Capt. A. B. Skinner 27). O. B. Graham took 7 wickets. The Authentics ran up 443. B. Pawle (119) and H. Elwell (108) were chief contributors ; but Graham, J. G. P. Senhouse, J. W. F. Crawfurd, F. H. Hojlins, and A. Rafique made scores ranging from 38 down to 23. The Martlets played up far better in their second innings. F. E. Rowe, the veteran ex-Essex player, missed his century by one run o n ly ; Corbett scored 60. and G. V. Campbell, H. L. Havers, the Hon. O. Scott, and J. C. Muriel all made between 40 and 20. Totals, O .U .A., 443 ; Martlets, 113 and 295. t < Stanmore a t home drew with North London, though a few minutes more would have given them victory, as they had made 154 for 6 (E. Wells 55*) in reply to 168 (W. Jeffrey 56). E. H. H ext (6 for 30) bowled well^for|them.